Be Careful What You Wish for: Makoto Shinkai's 'Your Name'

The fifth feature by Japanese filmmaker Makoto Shinkai refreshes the common coming-of-age narrative by blending it with the body-swap trope. The resulting work – which tells the entwined stories of two teens longing for lives other than their own – is an engaging rumination on adolescent fantasy, fluidity and fulfilment, writes Sarah Ward.

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anime, animation, Asian cinema.